Brilliant, brilliant. You've put forward arguments that I totally agree with in all these cases, and yes, they do tend to be the predominent ones around the fandom, and yes, they do annoy me too.
One thing: The Doctor brings death and destruction wherever he goes, and leaves disaster behind him for others to clean up.
As you said, untrue, bar Human Nature/Family of Blood. That is the only case I can think of otherwise. As Joan pointed out, if the Doctor hadn't choosen 1913, would all those people have died? That was one case of him bringing trouble with him, but I can't think of any others in the new series.
But yea, other than that, he doesn't create the problems - just shows up where the problems already exist.
Oh, and finally who can work with the Harriet Jones thing. I'm sick of defending the Doctor on that one, considering Harold Saxon was actually the MASTER, and if he wanted rid of Harriet Jones, he could have done it himself anyway. None of this "the Doctor actually bought her downfall which in turn lead to the Saxon's rise in power" - WHATEVER.
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One thing:
The Doctor brings death and destruction wherever he goes, and leaves disaster behind him for others to clean up.
As you said, untrue, bar Human Nature/Family of Blood. That is the only case I can think of otherwise. As Joan pointed out, if the Doctor hadn't choosen 1913, would all those people have died? That was one case of him bringing trouble with him, but I can't think of any others in the new series.
But yea, other than that, he doesn't create the problems - just shows up where the problems already exist.
Oh, and finally who can work with the Harriet Jones thing. I'm sick of defending the Doctor on that one, considering Harold Saxon was actually the MASTER, and if he wanted rid of Harriet Jones, he could have done it himself anyway. None of this "the Doctor actually bought her downfall which in turn lead to the Saxon's rise in power" - WHATEVER.